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I've seen some series where they show the disclaimer every time, some where they only have it at the beginning. It really just depends on the production and probably what sponsorship wants/laws mandate. Countries have very different laws about these things and where a show is made/who produces it/where it airs/what time it airs all make a difference. I don't really think it's that big of a deal, it's just words on a screen for a few seconds. It's a 'better safe than sorry' sort of mindset.

I imagine it's because they are showing unsafe drinking behaviors and this series was sponsored by the Thai government. They do have pretty stringent laws in Thailand about how you can show alcohol and certain drinking behavior coming with a disclaimer. For example, showing that Chalarm's character had downed almost two bottles of Jack Daniels in one sitting, that could 100% lead to severe alcohol poisoning and probably death if someone were to attempt it in real life. Even the one bottle both Gear and Kanthi drink on their own multiple times would be dangerous. So it's probably more for liability purposes than anything. Most of these shows have very young audiences, even early 20s is young enough to not know any better and try to attempt the same.

This show is...definitely something. I feel kind of bad this is Chalarm and James' first series together. The writing is awful. Poor Gear has some of the worst possible "friends" someone can have.

I love Din and Star, they've very quickly become my favorite couple of the series. I hope we get a good development of their relationship.

Honestly, (and I'm not trying to be mean) but I'm kind of over Tyler's dramatics. He's not the only person who's gotten zero votes or whose person he's interested in has voted/expressed interest in someone else. You signed up for this show knowing what the premise was and there was the potential for this to happen. I don't know, I just feel like I'd feel hugely pressured and guilty if I were CH (or anyone else on the receiving end of that) even though I was just expressing what I was honestly feeling. Does he want CH to feel bad enough to vote for him even if he's not that into it? It's so strange. CH's not a villain for heaven's sake, he's someone equally trying to navigate this show with everyone else.

Now that we've gotten to episode five I'm feeling a little frustrated by how they've chosen to structure things. They aren't really doing challenges that would give them a sense of what it would be like to work with the other person (hopefully that changes). And everything just feels so nebulous. I think the voting for friends or because you feel bad for someone is such a bad idea. What happens when they don't get chosen next time or think the person they're voting for might be reciprocating?

Waner is still my favorite lol I hope he finds his person and isn't just led around because he's not a loud personality. He's so steadfast 😭 I get the impression it would be hard for him to waver now that he feels comfortable with CH, but I'd much rather he branches out and finds someone who really wants to partner with him. I actually would be intrigued by him and Alan if he wanted to give him a chance.

Oh! Is it confirmed that ZZ and ZX are real? From the last scene I interpreted it as FC and GZ are actually the real couple, they told their story to an author who decided to write it through the perspective of two actors playing their respective characters who also fall in love. That explained to me why then technically the only "real-life" couple are FC and GZ but I guess I was wrong! Lol

I loved the pilot, they're perfect for this.

This role was made for First, nobody could play an adorable bumbling "I was just born into the real world yesterday" cutie quite like him. I will forever be impressed by how well TleFirst can transition between such vastly different roles and come off completely natural in every single one. They're so talented. Plus we get their beautiful voices. Plus we get beauty Kim and his Latte. Plus we get baby Pung. What more could you ask for? This is going to be so fun!

You said everything I'm thinking, I agree so much and I also was really impressed with the line-up. They really outdid themselves, it was excellent.

So excited for this! I've been dying for a NorthOtto series. This is looking like a perfect debut for them both spicy and sweet with a bit of angst and real world issues? Seated.

I think it's a lot more complex than a portrayal of fan service, or how fan service is served in gay media. I also think people's current use of "fan service" in broad strokes has started to really have a deleterious effect on actual gay relationships and representation. The story portrays two gay men who were in a relationship and were captured on film registering for The Partnership Oath, an initiative (that is real) used by local governments across Japan to officially recognize same-sex couples and provide legal-adjacent protections, since national law does not yet allow same-sex marriage. Because that moment went viral they were approached by a documentary film crew to film their lives, and Yuma accepted. Yuma, who unlike Itsuki, has been an LGBTQ+ activist and has had a relatively positive experience in finding acceptance post coming-out, feels the pressure and responsibility to represent an ideal, stable gay relationship in a time when people continue to question their legitimacy. This leads to him asking Itsuki to continue portraying their relationship through the filming before they go their separate ways at its conclusion. A request that unexpectedly leads to them both working through misconceptions and vulnerabilities in unexpected ways. The work it's based on is an acclaimed LGBTQ+ novel (not a BL), that while fictional, mirrors the experience of the author (Naoto Asahara), who came out as gay and passed away in 2023. As someone who read the work this is based on, I hope they do the original justice in its adaptation as a series.

I can't wait to see their story played out by Ngern and Oat, their novel and story was my favorite by far (with JoNorth's coming in a close second) and they've done such a great job of capturing it already. I love their dynamic so much.

Thank you!

So Jeongwoo and Hangyeol were dating. Negative rumors started spreading that they were dating because Hangyeol had a bad reputation thanks to his ex. Jeongwoo's friend kept encouraging Jeongwoo to break up with Hangyeol because he believes the rumors and thinks he's throwing away his reputation thoughtlessly for someone who is leading him around by the nose, and because he doesn't like/understand the fact that his best friend is now dating a guy. Because his friend kept pressuring him to end things with Hangyeol, Jeongwoo gets mad at him, which leads to his friend apologizing and saying he'd cool it, though he still doesn't like that they're together.

Jeongwoo knows something is going on with Hangyeol and his ex, but he's not sure what until he pieces together that his ex is not only still spreading rumors about him, but is terrorizing him physically as well. When he finally runs into the ex he loses his cool and beats him up, which lands him in a holding cell (police custody, likely for 12 - 24 hours following usual protocol). During that time, he obviously doesn't have his phone, and by the time he's released it's nearly time for him to report for military duty - something he can't miss or he could be imprisoned for it. The first two things he asks when he's out of police custody are where his phone is and if his friend contacted Hangyeol about what happened. His friend ignores his question about Hangeyol and tells him to go get his hair cut (something he needs to do before enlistment) and that he'll "take care" of getting his phone "fixed". This, to me, means that Jeongwoo thinks something is wrong with his phone and that he'll get it back, but we clearly know that is not true because his friend has used it to contact Hangyeol already while Jeongwoo was being held in police custody. I think it's also important that they show his friend asking (i.e. confirming) that Jeongwoo doesn't plan to try to see Hangyeol before heading for enlistment so that he can move forward with his plan to "help" Jeongwoo. Rather than return Jeongwoo's phone, his friend then proceeds to block Hangyeol's number, and Jeongwoo likely never gets his original phone back (because otherwise he would have found out what his friend did). I'm assuming his friend told him his phone couldn't be salvaged, so he has to enlist without a phone. Now, from what I know about the Korean military - particularly during basic training - contact with the outside is really difficult. If you have a phone, it's confiscated right as you enter and not given back until about five to six weeks into your training, and then only for an hour of use once a week (usually on weekends). If he enlisted without a phone, it probably wasn't easy for him to get one once he was inside, which means it was probably even longer before he had use of a phone. Making this an ideal time for his friend to sever communication between them.

In the meantime, Hangyeol overhears Jeongwoo's friend spreading a rumor that Jeongwoo has a girlfriend to people asking him if "the rumor" - that Jeongwoo was dating a guy/Hangyeol - is true, to try to "save" Jeongwoo's reputation while he's in training. Which prompts Hangyeol to give up. Hangeyol then changes his number and moves away, severing all ties from his relationship with Jeongwoo. Jeongwoo, who enlisted thinking his friend told Hangyeol what had happened and that he'd contact him when he could, doesn't understand why Hangyeol just left and cut off all contact. The first thing he does when he gets out of training on visitation is to go and try to find him, but he's gone, which is when we see him breaking down outside of Hangyeol's old apartment. So when they meet again, from Jeongwoo's perspective he thinks Hangyeol got scared of his feelings and ran away, while Hangyeol thinks Jeongwoo had a gay-panic freak out and changed his mind about wanting to be with him and cut him off. If I'm right, I really need Jeongwoo to kick his friend's ass, or at bare minimum cut off all contact with him.

This is what I personally gathered from what happened and I'm feeling a little crazy because it seems so many people didn't get the same thing lol

Rampheung and Khem's past lives have nothing to do with each other outside of Khem being blood related to the family/person who wronged Ramphueng (it's a cursed bloodline).

Actually even in the pilot Charn and Jet don't know each other in the beginning, it's shown in several subtle ways, like when they first arrive Charn is standing apart from them like in the show. Charn and Jet always don't come together until Khem brings them together, even in the novel. In the teaser trailer when you see them working together living with Pharan it's a later development. The only real change in the series that I've seen between Khem and Pharan so far is that Pharan never rejects Khem staying with him in the beginning and their connection as children, he always has known who Khem is to him but deliberately conceals that he knows who he is for his own reasons.

It is actually something extremely horrible and doesn't have to do with any of the main characters outside of Khem being a part of the original lineage of the person who committed the original wrong (the curse is blood specific, so their bloodline is cursed). There are basically two story arcs overlapping that deal with past lives Khem's blood connection to the family who wronged Ramphueng which happens in the 1800s before slavery was criminalized (Ramphueng was a slave), and Khem and Paran's actual past lives that take place in the 1930s.

This is based on an extremely popular and beloved novel in Thailand, one of the most best selling. It already had a massive fan base solely because of that. While this means the show has had a built in following since it was announced it's also really tricky to navigate (a not so good example would be the reception to The Most Beautiful Count in Thailand) if the adaptation is done poorly you can find yourself with the opposite effect and the project boycotted by fans of the novel. Which isn't something you want if they're a really large presence. Domundi went to great lengths to ensure that the adaptation adhered to the original and was respectful of the sensitive cultural topics and elements it highlights working closely with the author, ensuring regional dialects and actors factually represent the original characters, following religious and spiritual precepts closely (they're using real chants and incantations so this is very important), etc. Along with a promising young cast that was already on the rise from an established production company (Domundi's actors are some of the most popular in the Thai industry) it led to a really strong foundation for the show to take off. This actually isn't as surprising as Revenged Love as the show has been really well supported since Domundi took over production of the original announced adaptation of the novel that bombed. The teaser trailer was one of the most viewed of the year, this was really highly anticipated.

You really should mark this as a spoiler before posting, some people haven't read the novel